m0827shooting taken 08/26/07 Des Moines, Ia Photo by Nigel Duara -- m0827shooting1nd -- Des Moines police officers look around the scene of a shooting at Hoppers, 2515 Wedgewood Rd, where one man shot three others before bieng shot and killed by an undercover police officer around 2 a.m.

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Police in the Des Moines area have engaged in four vehicle pursuits in two days.

While unusual, the recent cluster of chases follows a larger trend that shows police chases increasing this year. Des Moines police have reported 26 pursuits in 2013; at this time last year, officers had been involved in 11 chases. In all of 2012, Des Moines police reported 74 pursuits.

Polk County sheriff's deputies have been involved in four pursuits this year, compared with just one in 2012 and five in 2011. ...